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The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852 - 1861 under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham
by DAVID, Andrew
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Melbourne, Australia: The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. xxviii, 521. Illustrated with 11 survey charts & 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 48 illustrations, 29 in color. Notes, bibliography, 5 appendices, index. Bound in brown buckram, gilt lettering stamped on the spine. Tan endpapers. Ribbon bookmark. Acknowledgements page lightly soiled, else fine. Number 3 in the second Miegunyah series. The authoritative account of one of the longest and most important surveying cruises of the golden age of world hydrography. An especially fresh copy. Dust jacket preserved in a clear removable archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4972
- Title
- The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852 - 1861 under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham
- Author
- DAVID, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Australia
- Date Published
- 1995
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About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Gilt
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
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